Nimblewill Branch D & Nimblewill Gap Road is a 10.5-mile out-and-back near Marion, GA. It climbs 1,309 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,854 – 3,051 ft10.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail 34.60863, -84.21435
Nearest town Marion, GA
Directions
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Nimblewill Branch D & Nimblewill Gap Road
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,309 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 1,853–3,050 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail · 34.60863, -84.21435
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Approach Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading S.
- 3.2 miBear right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Nimblewill Branch D, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Nimblewill Gap Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NW.
- 3.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
82% gravel18% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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